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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent and drug free help for children,
By mind-ful "mind-ful" (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brain Gym: Teacher's Ed (Perfect Paperback)
Contrary to those who have rushed to discredit brain gym without actually usking it, I have found brain gym excellent in helpfin chldren with laterality problems. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Dont let prejudice colour our world!
14 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Where is the research?,
This review is from: Brain Gym: Teacher's Ed (Perfect Paperback)
Having sat through Teacher Training Days around 2001 where this approach was heavily promoted, I looked forward to getting my hands on the book. It felt then as if we were at the cutting edge of education.
I was so disappointed. As I tried to cobble some approaches which might suit my very needy pupils at the moment, I looked for the reasearch behind this. I was terribly disappointed. There were 3 or 4 abstracts listed only; little or no information on the sample sizes or outcomes. It appeared that none of the researchers was independednt, and it seemed as if the publications were not peer-reviewed. None of the studies appeared to have been replicated. Instead what we got on each page was a homage to Dr Dennison. It all smacked of the high-sales techniques used to sell faddy diets. It was only then the truth became apparent to me: Brain Gym is a brand, a commercial enterprise. Dr Dennison may be a very cleverman, but his genius lies in business. I am now starting to question all we were told in those training days. How much of that was rubbish too?
9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Discredited,
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This review is from: Brain Gym: Teacher's Ed (Perfect Paperback)
Brain Gym is pretty much now discredited in UK education. The science is not science at all. None of the research is peer reviewed. The bits that do make sense teachers should already know eg drink water, let the kids have 'fiddle' breaks and exercise is good. What teachers should not be doing is telling students that "Brain Gym activities... enable students to access those parts of the brain previously inaccessible to them." Because they don't.
Mr Dennison has made enough money from his snake oil selling shenanigans. Don't give him any more.
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